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Border

Unknown1620/1640

The Victoria and Albert Museum

The Victoria and Albert Museum
London, United Kingdom

Border of bobbin made tape lace. The pattern is formed by a long, continuous bobbin woven tape linked at intervals by wheat ears and by plaited bars. In every alternate scallop part of the tape is patterned with simple openings and part is patterned with an additional outer edging.

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  • Title: Border
  • Creator: Unknown
  • Date Created: 1620/1640
  • Location: Genoa
  • Physical Dimensions: Length: 396 cm, Width: 12.5 cm
  • Provenance: Given by Dame Harriette Chick
  • Medium: Bobbin-made tape lace
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